15 Sites and Apps Kids Are Heading to Beyond Facebook | Common Sense Media - 12 views
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Susan Marshall on 26 Nov 1415 sites and apps kids are heading to beyond Facebook
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http://www.ala.org/yaforum/sites/ala.org.yaforum/files/content/YALSA_nationalforum_fina... - 2 views
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I thought this to be an interesting site - it's amazing how much New Zealand Librarians can relate to this. I'd be interested to hear what others think.
http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/guidelinesandstandards/learnin... - 4 views
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standards for the 21st century learner published by the American Association of School Libraries. Full of useful information, questions you can use to check your progress in providing useful skills for future learners in your school.
Banned Books Week - Interactive Infographic - 4 views
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Interactive site on banned books in the US. Includes statistics e.g. reasons for books being challenged etc.
Poem in Your Pocket Day- Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More - 2 views
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Liked this as an idea for a library based school poetry day - Poem in Your Pocket Day to share with others throughout the day after researching a poem in the library. A previous site referred to a new book 'Firefly July and Other Very Short Poems' by Paul B Janeczko (Candlewick) coming out soon.
Power Tumbl'ng: Why Tumblr Is a Great Way to Reach Teen Patrons - The Digital Shift - 4 views
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Tips for using a Tumblr site to reach teens
cooltoolsforschools - Research Tools - 3 views
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Using the free website builder WIX lots of web 2.0 tools for teachers and guides for working on the web. Includes creative commons and digital citizenship, as well as history sites, world religions, mapping tools, etc.
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You may be interested in the attached drawing together of web 2.0 tools -- all websites created using the free website builder WIX. Sorry if already been mentioned before. It does need some navigating around but I have found some real treasures here.
Creative Library Displays - 0 views
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Inspirational site by a fellow school librarian. She shares simple as well as more complex ideas on how to produce a display that will fulfil its purpose - to engage and inspire students to pick up a book that might not have looked at before.
Unsplash - 3 views
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Free hi-res photos to use. Unfortunately no search function on site :(
Brain Pickings - 4 views
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I wasn't sure how to describe or tag this site so copied and pasted a description of it . "Brain Pickings is a human-powered discovery engine for interestingness, a subjective lens on what matters in the world and why, bringing you things you didn't know you were interested in - until you are."
Basic Search Education Lesson Plans - GoogleWebSearchEducation - 15 views
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Search education content
YALSA's Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth: Young Adults Deserve the Best - 4 views
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"Individuals who demonstrate the knowledge and skills laid out in this document will be able to provide quality library service for and with teenagers."
The Atlas of New Librarianship | Companion Site - 4 views
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"The mission of librarianship is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities"
graphite | Ingredients for effective teaching - 0 views
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Common Sense Media - new site reviewing and rating apps, games, websites etc for educators.
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/nativeplayback.jnlp?psid=2014-05-04.... - 1 views
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This is quite an interesting interview on digital learning futures via Future of Education http://www.futureofeducation.com/
Robin Stevens's top 10 crime capers | Children's books | The Guardian - 1 views
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The author of the Murder Most Unladylike series picks her favourite sleuthing stories, from Sherlock Holmes to Sally Lockhart. Detective books are really popular in our library and I love this list of great crime novels. It also makes me want to check out a few BBC programs too..
Mt Alvernia iCentre :: Connecting learners with skills, tools & information - 1 views
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I love this School Library website. It is well set out, easy to navigate and has great information. A go to site for any student or parent.
Teen author Robert Muchamore banned from London school | Children's books | theguardian... - 6 views
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We purchased The Recruit by Robert Muchamore. I read it and thought it was a good book. We purchased more of the Cherub series but now only have two in our Library. They became very violent and too graphic. What do other Primary Librarians do at your school with his books please?